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Woman in 'Slender Man' Attack Shouldn't Be Released: Experts
Woman in 'Slender Man' Attack
Won't Be Released
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Apr 12, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Woman in 'Slender Man' Attack Won't Be Released

Morgan Geyser was 12 when she stabbed a classmate nearly to death

(Newser) - The woman who, at age 12, stabbed a classmate nearly to death in an effort to please the fictional online horror character Slender Man was on Thursday denied her request for an early release from psychiatric care. The judge in the case found that there was a significant risk that...

Slender Man Stabbing Teen Granted Release

Anissa Weier to leave mental health facility once release plan is finalized

(Newser) - One of a pair who tried to kill a classmate to appease fictional horror character Slender Man will soon go free. A Wisconsin judge on Thursday ordered the release of 19-year-old Anissa Weier, who's been at a state mental health facility since pleading guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide...

'Slender Man' Stabbing Victim: They Tricked Me With Hide-and-Seek

Payton Leutner, 17, is doing much better now

(Newser) - Payton Leutner has no desire to talk to the former best friend who stabbed her 19 times and left her for dead in the woods. But if she did, "I would probably, initially thank her," the 17-year-old tells David Muir in what ABC News reports is her first...

Slender Man Sentence an Issue of 'Community Protection'

Morgan Geyser, 15, was sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital for her role in stabbing attack

(Newser) - A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate in an attack inspired by the fictional horror character Slender Man was sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital Thursday. Judge Michael Bohren granted the maximum penalty that prosecutors had sought, and he discounted Morgan Geyser's youth—she was just 12—...

Girl Convicted in Slender Man Stabbing Sentenced

Anissa Weier given 25 years in a mental hospital

(Newser) - One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible, the AP reports. Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty in August to being a party...

Girl in 'Slender Man' Case Reaches Plea Deal

Morgan Geyser will go to a state mental hospital

(Newser) - One of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to impress horror character Slender Man will plead guilty in a deal that calls for her to avoid prison time and instead receive treatment for mental illness, attorneys announced Friday. The deal calls for doctors to evaluate 15-year-old Morgan Geyser...

Verdict in Slender Man Case Rejected

Jury continues deliberating after judge's order

(Newser) - A Wisconsin girl who admitted helping her friend stab their classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man was lonely, depressed and descended into "madness," her attorney said Friday as she pleaded with a jury to send the girl to a mental hospital rather than...

After 3 Years, 'Slender Man' Trial Begins

Jury to decide if Anissa Weier suffered from mental illness at time of attack

(Newser) - It's been more than three years since Payton Leutner was stabbed 19 times by two friends in a Wisconsin park in the "Slender Man" stabbing, and this week a jury hears testimony to decide if one of her attackers was mentally competent at the time. Opening statements began...

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